I forged this blade from a 1 1/8 round bar of Cru Forge-V, a high carbon forging steel made specifically for the forging knife maker. The handle is a spectacular example of stabilized end-grain, spalted Pecan from south Georgia. Thanks, Ray Hammond It seems that nearly 49 out of 50 of my hunting knives are made in a take-down fashion. This knife is #50. It will be forever in a fixed assembly condition. I used this knife in a recent demonstration of knife assembly techniques. I still used almost every step in the process of take-down - from the threaded finial, tang and pinned guard assembly. (I use this option for my knife making freedom while making the knife.) But, this one will finally get epoxied in a fixed assembly. The finial assembly hole in the handle butt will be filled with a plug of the same spalted Pecan from the mother-material. This knife should offer the owner many, many years of service.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:04:42 +0000
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